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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Coach Ray Meyer when Mikan began playing ball for him?

2. When did Yao face Shaq and the Los Angeles Lakers?

3. Who is the first Dragon to start mimicking the entertainment between games in Chapter 9?

4. Where does Oderah Chidom have a full-ride scholarship?

5. When were women players able to run the full length of a basketball court?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lou get the hamstring injury that ended his basketball career?

2. What news does Gene learn when he returns home in Chapter 7?

3. In Chapter 9, where does the team fly and why?

4. When was the first slam dunk made by a woman?

5. How did Oderah and Arinze Chidom become basketball players?

6. Where is Gene planning to go at the beginning of Chapter 7, and why does he think the trip is canceled?

7. What was the prevailing thought about competitive team sports for women in the 1890s?

8. How did women push for changes to the rules Berenson created for women's basketball, and when were those changes instituted?

9. Who does Gene see after a game O'Dowd plays against Sacramento High in Chapter 9, and why does he not take notes?

10. Who was the first Chinese basketball player to be recruited by an NBA team, and how was his first season?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jeevin is a Punjabi kid who practices the Sikh faith. What are similarities and differences between the Sikh faith and Catholicism? Why did Jeevin’s faith make it difficult for him to be at O’Dowd at first?

Essay Topic 2

Coach Lou often says Coach Phelps was a father figure to him. Why does Coach Lou say that Coach Phelps was a father figure to him? Why is the coach/player relationship important?

Essay Topic 3

Lou is strict about having his players follow rules on and off the court. Why is Lou strict about having his players follow rules on and off the court? How did Lou learn the hard way that rules are meant to be followed?

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